Kauai : Top 5 Things to See and Do
Kauai (aka the Garden Island) is the oldest island out of the whole Hawaiian chain. The island is lush and exotic. Kauai does not have any active volcanoes and is the best island (in my opinion). We gave some recommendations for the Big Island (here), so now we are ready to give you our recommendations…
Road Trip from Hell – Part 2
Thank you for joining us for Part 2 of our terrifying trip to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. If you haven’t read Part 1, you can find it by clicking here. Enjoy. A few hours had already passed by this time. Finally, I got a hold of a nice tow guy who couldn’t tow…
Road Trip from Hell – Part 1
We are going to switch gears today and discuss the crazy occurrences of the last few days. It was moving day at Foster Park, where we had been staying for a few days while visiting Los Angeles and the Channel Islands National Park. The day was very relaxed, unlike most moving days. The boys and…
Na Pali Coast Boat Tour
You can’t hear about Kauai and NOT also hear about the Na Pali Coast. This jaw dropping north side of Kauai can only be reached by boat, helicopter or on foot. Many movies have been filmed on Kauai from Jurassic Park to Pirates of the Caribbean. When (not if) you go to Kauai, you MUST…
Big Island : Top 5 Things to See – The good and the meh
The Big Island (aka Hawaii, aka the Orchid Isle) is the youngest island out of the whole Hawaiian chain. The island is also the biggest of all the other Hawaiian islands combined! The Big Island also has active volcanoes, so this is probably the island you want to hit up if seeing a volcano is…
Big Island – Manta Ray Tour
*Sadly, this post is void of any pictures from our tour. I only took the one because it was dark and we were all in the water together.* We did the night snorkel with manta rays. It was super fun, but kind of scary. I do not like swimming where you can’t see anything below…
Helicopter Tour on the Big Island
Last minute, we decided to surprise the kids with a helicopter tour. I have always been fascinated by volcanoes, so flying over one was right up my alley. Who says that they want to be a volcanologist when they are 9 years old…this girl! That day, we had to wake up early and go to…
Our Adventure to South Point – Green Sand Beach (Papakōlea)
Green sand beach, also known as Papakolea, was formed thousands of years ago and gets it’s green color from olivine crystals that mix in with the sand. No, it is not green like grass. The sand has almost a yellow, brownish green hue. But not only is it cool to say you have been to…
Our Adventure to South Point – Black Sand Beach (Punalu’u)
Hawaii continues to amaze me. From the hot lava fields to the windy grasslands to the lush forests, the beauty of this place is never ending. We decided to make the long trek to the south point, which is about an hour and half from Kailua-Kona on a one lane road through small towns. We…
Our Big Island Vacation – Hawaii
Aloha from Hawaii! We finally got started traveling again. As many of you know, we had to return to Austin, Texas (our homebase) to have baby Huxton, so we had to quit traveling for a few months with plans to start again when things settled down. We had been planning to go to Hawaii for…
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